The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-12-31
Pleasant Christmas Events.

Besides the Christmas festivities and
doin's" at the various churches last
Saturday and Sunday evenings, there
were several very pleasant family gath
erings and beautiful family trees.
Among these was the very pleasant
family re union at the residence of Mr..
K. &. Coburn, where fine large tree
figuratiyely groaned under its weight
of treasure and beautiful presents, and
where the children" did literally
groan because of the superabundanee
of turkey and minee pie, aud other
good things.
AT Mr. James Newton's handsome
new residence was another fine and
richly decorated tree, with happy,
jolly party gathered. 1t was the first
Christmas in the new home, and it was
indeed, as it should be, 4" \ Merry
Christmas to them.
Ex-Sheriif Pattison had a tree for
his family, and, although we did not
see it, We know it was nice one, for
Martin would have nothing else.
Neil Smith did not have tree, but
being Methodistic by a large majority,
he just passed his favors around rs he
would the contribution box-Only his
audience Jared better than his box
generally does-and on Monday had
a family reunion so far as he could,
and the biggest turkey he could find,
and he has not got over the effects of
it yet,
At the Presbyterian parsonage was
another party of merry makers and
distribution of love tokens for the
benefit of the teyeral families who
made the parsonage headquarters for
the occasion.
Prof. Gates invitel all the work
men engaged upon his elegant new
mansion, to partake of Christmas
dinner at his house Saturday last.
That the dinner was all that such
dinner should be goes without saying
for the Professor never does things by
halves. The men at least partly turn
ed the tables on the Professor, purchas-
lug and elegant parlor lamp, attaching
ii to 4 long pole, and mounting it up
on their shoulders, marched into the
dining hall where it WAS daily present
ed 10 Nr. and Mrs. Gates, and it will
soon adorn one Of the parlors in the
new house. 1t vas Que Of the pleas
ant episodes Of Christmas in Superior.
Mr. Whitney entertained the min
lister and family, 50 ne had to keep
reasonably straight and put a check on
his masticators, yet, he conidentially
tells Us, every night when he goes to
sleep visions like mountains of mince
pie, great cranberry marshes, and of
great droves Of turkey gobblers march
ing il enlless procession across his
bread basket, until one night, in his
frenzy he tried to ring their necks and
cast them from him, when he awoke
to fhd himself sitting up in bed way
ing alott Mrs. w 5 night cap, while
she was picking herself UP from the
hoar where he had tossed her instead
Of the turkey. Whit. now sleeps on
the hnor and has comb and brush be
wonld Ike to dispose Of to some ID
g=.y@ dealer.
1T the editors house, Ahcm! (Which
is us), we had-that is to say we had
made out a lot Of bills and tried to
collect money enough to have big
= blow out for the children, as be-
comes our great wealth-but, well, the
fact is we do not like to admit that we
live iii such town, but must -vou see
that while our efforts we're honorable
and praiseworthy, we we're so efectu-
ally B2g-cotted about that time 1920
p. m, 23d inst J, that we forgot wheth-
er it WAS Christmas. Washington's
Birthday or the Fourth of July, all
the racket was for, so the Christmas
business rather got away from Us, and
So It transpires that all we know about
Christmas trees, turkeys and stockings,
is, that we got the dandiest nine.
pound Boy-(uo colt this time), YOU
ever did see. If YOU hav mt had a
smoke yet, 60 over TO Neil Smiths
and buy a cigar and smoke. I'VE
don't charge for this puff, Neil.l
There we're, 10 doubt, many other
happy occasions in the city of which
We know not, aud we trust that at ev-
cry home, plenty, peace. joy and good
will toward men. did abound.
Mrs. L. B. Banks received the
sad intelligence lasT Sunday that her
mother, living in Norwalk, Connecti-